Author: William Ruben Helms

William Ruben Helms is a Corona, Queens, NYC-born and-based African American music journalist, freelance writer, editor, photographer and founder of the DIY, independent music and photography site, The Joy of Violent Movement. Over the course of the past two decades, Helms’ writing and photography has been published in Downbeat, Premier Guitar Magazine (photography), Consequence, The Inventory, Glide Magazine.com (words and photography), Publisher’s Weekly, Sheckys.com, Shecky’s Bar and Nightlife Guide 2004, New York Press, Ins&Outs Magazine, Dish Du Jour Magazine, Aussie music publication Musicology.xyz (photography) and countless others, including his own site. With The Joy of Violent Movement, Helms specializes in covering music with an eclectic, globe-trotting, and genre-defying perspective that’s deeply inspired by and informed by his birthplace and home, arguably one of the most diverse places in the world. Since its founding back in 2010, The Joy of Violent Movement can proudly claim readers across the US, Canada, the UK, The Netherlands, France, Australia, and several others throughout its history. https://www.joyofviolentmovement.com https://www.joyofviolentmovement.com/shop https://www.instagram.com/william_ruben_helms Twitter: @yankee32879 @joyofviolent become a fan of the joy of violent movement: https://www.facebook.com/TheJoyofViolentMovement support the joy of violent movement on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheJoyofViolentMovement hire me for headshots, portraits and event photography: https://www.photobooker.com/photographer/ny/new-york/william-h?duration=1?duration=1#

Throwback: Happy 71st Birthday, Annie Lennox!

JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates Annie Lennox’s 71st birthday.

New Video: Nicklaus Rohrbach Shares Dreamily Cinematic and Nostalgic “Jigsaw”

French composer, producer, arranger, sound engineer and musician Nicklaus Rohrbach has spent the bulk of his career collaborating with an eclectic array of artists including Verlatour, omega violet, Sangue, Shoefti, Jamika and The Argonauts, Kohhen el Kef, Carole Cettolin and a lengthy list of others.

Rohrbach stepped out into the spotlight as an artist with a handful of singles and his debut EP, Selfie. The EP’s latest single “Jigsaw” is a lush and cinematic tune featuring some dramatic, swelling piano, twinkling synths and buzzing synths paired with Rohrbach’s plaintive vocal and a big, euphoric hook and chorus. Sonically, “Jigsaw” reminds me of a synthesis of M83 and A Rush Of Blood To The Head-era Coldplay, with the song being anchored around a similar sense of dreamily wistful nostalgia., and a tinge of hope.

Rohrbach explains that the song is “a synth-wave, progressive pop song, where I’m dealing with multiple selves through space and time.

Designed, directed and edited by Maria Rieger, the accompanying video for “Jigsaw,” captures almost everyday scenes in Paris, seemingly full of possibilities.